V Vegetable Diet As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages William A. Alcott

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Vegetable Diet

As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages

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William A. Alcott builds his case for a vegetable and fruit diet from personal experience, letters to physicians, and accounts drawn from earlier writers. His preface describes a collection of testimony from more than a hundred individuals, with medical practitioners forming a substantial part of it. He moves from asking whether such a diet is safe to arguing that it is preferable, bringing questions of health, economy, and morals into the same discussion.

The volume also includes a section on vegetable cookery, covering breads, grains, puddings, fruits, potatoes, and other foods. In the historical examples, biblical figures and classical authors sit alongside more recent advocates, showing how Alcott gathers support across different traditions. Readers interested in the history of vegetarianism can trace both the practical food choices and the kinds of evidence a nineteenth century physician used to defend them.